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The act slated to close out the mainstage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival's Saturday show is pulling out for health reasons, leaving the organization to work out a contingency plan with two weeks left before thousands descend on its Birds…

Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot, whose evocative and poetic songs are etched into the musical landscape of Canada, has died at the age of 84, according to his longtime publicist Victoria Lord.Born in Orillia, Ont., Lightfoot was…

By Wesley MorrisOf the many (many) job titles you could lay on Harry Belafonte — singer, actor, entertainer, talk show host, activist — the one that nails what he’s come to mean is folk hero. Not a title one puts on a…

Published By: Nibandh VinodLast Updated: April 14, 2023, 08:56 ISTBaisakhi marks the beginning of a season when ripened Rabi crops are collected. (Image: Shutterstock)Baisakhi 2023: To celebrate the occasion, we have curated a list of folk…

After making heads turn with her style and fashion at the star-studded launch of Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) in Mumbai, Nysa Devgn has jetted off to Rajasthan with her friends for a holiday.The star daughter has been enjoying…

If you needed proof that not everything can be measured in numbers look no further than Salim Durani, the 88-year-old former India all-rounder who breathed his last in Jamnagar early on Sunday morning. Durani played 29 Tests, scoring 1202…

Priyanka Sinha Jha is an Author, Journalist & Co-Founder of Talkietive Content Creators-a content development company. In Folk Tales From Bollywood, author Priyanka Sinha Jha spins tantalizing fictional tales that reveal a human side to…

Fact can be stranger than fiction. But it is fiction that has the power to add sugar and spice to life. That's exactly why, author and journalist, Priyanka Sinha Jha chose to write her new book - 'Folk Tales From Bollywood' - inspired by…

"A TRUE TREASURE" For decades Crosby struggled with drug addiction and myriad health problems, but eventually got clean and got a liver transplant – keeping only his penchant for cannabis. He found a creative renaissance working with…

The Vancouver Folk Music Festival will not be returning to the city in 2023, as the changing event landscape and rising production costs leaves the long-term future of the event hanging in the balance.A statement from the festival's society…